NS1220 - Primary Health Care

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Available to level 1 students enrolled in the BNSc.

This subject focuses on the principles of primary health care and health promotion within a global, international and national context.

Learning Outcomes

• appreciate the importance of social and economic factors in the provision of appropriate health care;
• develop an understanding of the principles of Primary Health Care and Health Promotion within a global, international and national context;
• describe the concepts of modern Primary Health Care and apply them to a wide range of settings and groups;
• describe the principles of Health Promotion and outline strategies suitable for selected health issues in the communities;
• discuss the role of nurses, other health professionals and professionals from outside the health sector in health care planning and delivery within the Primary Health Care framework and critically appraise the potential of Primary Health Care in health care developments of the future.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

NS3111 and NS3222 and NS3420

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); assignments (60%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	20 hours tutorials 10 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of receiving lectures.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).
Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Irmgard Bauer
Contact hours:	20 hours tutorials 10 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of receiving lectures.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.